Category Archives: Interviews

Roundup: Waugh Venues and School Envy

Posted on January 11, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

–The American print media have finally discovered the news about the sale of Piers Court. A brief article appears in the New Yorker entitled “For Sale: Evelyn Waugh’s Manor House, 8 BR/24 Acres/1 Waugh-Obsessed Tenant”. This begins with a summary … Continue reading →

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Alexei Sayle Podcast: “Outsider (An Evelyn Waugh Special)”

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Jeffrey Manley

The 31st installment of the comedian Alexei Sayle’s podcast series that was entitled Outsider (An Evelyn Waugh Special) was posted earlier today on the internet. Here’s the link. The subject and participants were described in the written announcement on the … Continue reading →

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Derek Granger (More)

Posted on November 30, 2022 by Jeffrey Manley

Several newspapers and other media have run obituary notices for Derek Granger. The most comprehensive are those in the Guardian and the Daily Telegraph. The Guardian, for example, mentions some of his other TV work for Granada: When he took … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Mostly Books

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Jeffrey Manley

–The Public Domain Review has posted an article and links to reproductions from a noted piece of Victoriana in the Waugh Collection at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas. Here’s the opening: The novelist Evelyn Waugh was an inveterate … Continue reading →

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Summer Dog Days Roundup

Posted on August 20, 2022 by Jeffrey Manley

–Writer Antonia Fraser is interviewed in a recent Daily Telegraph article. This is on the occasion of her 90th birthday this month. The interview is by her cousin and bridge partner Harry Mount (also editor of The Oldie). When he … Continue reading →

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Washington’s Birthday Roundup

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Jeffrey Manley

–In the TLS, backpage columnist M.C. is reminded of the BBC television quiz show Take It or Leave It. Devised by Brigid Brophy, this quiz show ran from 1964 until 1971 on BBC Two. “Preference and prejudice towards books and … Continue reading →

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Keeping Up With Aristocrats (More)

Posted on January 23, 2022 by Jeffrey Manley

The second episode of the new ITV series “Keeping Up With the Aristocrats” airs tomorrow on ITV at 9pm. This will, no doubt, offer additional examples of enterprising efforts by four aristocratic families to make something of more immediate value … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Roundup

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

–In a semi-final round of the University Challenge Christmas edition on BBC4, broadcast 29 December 2021, a three-part bonus question was based on the writings of Selina Hastings. The question (at 11:02 minutes) was to identify the subjects of three … Continue reading →

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Brideshead and Beatles

Posted on November 28, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

A feature length article about the making of the 1981  Brideshead Revisited TV series appears in the Sunday Post (Dundee). This is by John Macleod and is entitled “Brideshead Recelebrated”. It is, indeed, another celebration of that event’s 40th anniversary. … Continue reading →

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Septimus Waugh: Reminiscence

Posted on November 26, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

The Tablet’s latest issue has a reminiscence of the late Septimus Waugh. This appears in the “Word from the Cloister” column and is based on an interview of Jimmy Burns, journalist and member of The Tablet’s board. He was a … Continue reading →

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